Auto signal



Aug. 7, 1928.

A. PARKE ET AL Filed Jan. 20, 1927 V v-- m ,jpR a Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

ACEL PARKE AND JOE R; PARKE, OF'SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

au'ro SIGNAL.

Application filed January 20, 1927- Serial No. 162,401.

The invention is adirection signal for motor vehicles which may be placed on the outside of the vehicle and readily operated from the inside... a l 1 The object of the invention is to provide a direction signal for motor vehicles that may readily be attached tothe edge of the windshield, or to the side of a car and readily operated from the inside. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide amotor vehicle direction signal which is operated by a positive movement in both directions. I Y

A further object of the invention 1; to provide a direction signal for motor vehicles thatwill resemble the hand of an operator.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a direction signal which is of a simple and economical construction and which may be readily installed.

lVith these ends in view the invention embodies, a signal comprising an arm with a partitioned hand at the outer end, a casing for, enclosing the arm, means within the easing through which the arm may be operated and a lever located at a remote point for controlling the arm operating mechanism.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, taken in connection with the draw. ings, wherem:

Figure 1 IS a view showing the device as it would appear in use.

Figure 2 is a sectional View showing the general assembly of the device.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail showing the upper portion of the casing ishown inFigure 2. V

Figure 4 is another similar detail showing an alternate design.

Figure 5 is a sectional planthrough thehand at the outer end of the arm.

In the drawings the device is shown as'it would be made, wherein numeral 1 indicates the casing, numeral 2 the arm and numeral 3 the operating lever.

The casing 1 may be made in a rectangular shape as shown with its lower end open and a slot 4 in the outer side. Thiscasing may be provided with clips 5, as shown in Figure 2, for holding it to a windshield or the like, however it is understood that any other suitable means may be used for bold ing it in place. g

In the upper end of the casing is aa rack 6 that meshes with gear teeth 7 on the inner end of the arm 2, and it will be observed that as the rack 6 is moved upward or downward it will readily move the arm upward or downward. It is also understood that any other suitable means may be used for operating the arm 2 and it will benoted that asheave or drum, as indicated by the numeral 8 may'be placed on the inner end of the arm and the two cords 9 and 10 passlng over it may pass around a similar sheave or drum at a remote point so that the arm may be directly operated by the cords. The

it, so that it is divided into, two compart-.

ments 12 and 13. Afreen glass 14 may be placed in the open si e of the compartment 12, which is on the forward side of the, device and a red glass-15 may be placed in the compartment 13 that is on the rear of the device.

front. Each compartment may be provided witha lamp, as shown or the partition 11 may be omitted and only one lamp used. It is also understood that lenses of any other color may be used and these lenses may be held in the outer end of the arm in any suitable manner,*or arranged in any suitable shape.

In the design shown in Figure 4 the cords 9 and 10 are connected to the sheave 8 and may be held to the sheave by a pin 16 so that the arm may be directly operated by the cords, however, in the designs shown in Fig, ures 2 and 3, the cord. 10 may be connected to'the lower end ofthe rack .6 at the point 17 and the cord 9 may pass upward over a pulley 18 and be connected to the rackfi" at the point 19. It will therefore be observed that as either of these cords are pulled they. will move the rack upwardor downward and operate the arm. The rack may be support ed against the back of thejcasing 1 and if desired may be held by bearings or clips, as

indicated by the numeral 20. The cords 9 and 10 pass around the pulleys 21 at the located at any convenient point. In the de-' sign shown this sheave is located on the in- '80 When in operation then the device will show I red towards the rear and green towards the strument board adjacent the steering wheel and is provided with a shaft 23 with the operating lever 3 located at its upper end. A bracket 24 may be arranged to act as a guide for the lever 3 and it will be observed that as the lever 3 is moved, it will move the cords 9 and 10 and cause the arm 2 to move upward or downward, as may be desired. The guide 24 may be provided with graduations, as shown, to indicate the stop positions of the lever.

The inner end of the arm 2 is provided with a contact point 25 that engages a bar 26 that is insulated from the casing by insulation 27 and connected by a Wire 28 to the lights 29 at the outer end of the arm.

The lights may be grounded to the arm and the lever also grounded through a battery 26, as shown, to complete the circuit.

It will be understood. that other changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, one

of which changes may be in the design or arrangement of the casing, another may be in the design or arrangment of the lever 8 and still another may he in the use of other means for operating the arm in the casing from the lever.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the device it may be installedv as shown in Figure 1, however, it is understood that the casingl maybe located on a fender or at the rear of the car or at any other suitable point. It will readilybe observed that by operating the lever 3 the arm 2 may be raised from its normal posit-ion in the casing to any suitable position.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a signal of the. class described, a-casing, an arm pivotally mounted .in the upper end of the casing, a gear segment on the in 1101' end. of the arm, a rack meshing with the said gear segment and slidably. mounted in the casing, a. pulleyinthe upper endof the said casing, a cord passing over thepulley and attached to the rack, the said cord passing from the pulley and out of the lower end of the casing, other pulleys in the lower end of the casing over which the cord passes, a pulley located at a remote point around which the said cord also passes, the said cord passing from the said pulley back to the said casing, into the lower end thereof-and attached to the "lower end of the rack, and suitable means for rotating the pulley which is located at a remote point to move the cords to move the rack and operate the arm.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures. l 1

ACEL PARKE-l JOE R. PARKE. 

